Activating Power Management: Commercial Software Packages
Inclusion in this list does not constitute EPA ENERGY STAR program endorsement, approval, or certification of these software packages.
- Adaptiva Companion (by Adaptiva) centrally manages PC power policies and produces energy savings reports. It can power inactive PCs off and wake them for software updates, and allows end-users to establish custom work and holiday schedules. Read how E.ON UK uses Companion to save £140,000 a year across 11,000 PCs .
- Avocent's LANDesk Management Suite allows administrators to centrally control end-node power consumption by facilitating the creation, financial evaluation, and deployment of power management policies. Brevard Public Schools (Florida) (129KB) indicates annual power savings in the $300k–$500k range with LANDesk.
- BigFix Power Management enables enterprises to set and enforce power conservation measures on PCs and may also integrate PC Power Conservation with other BigFix security and system management functions. Miami Dade County Schools (520KB) uses BigFix Power Management to save $2.1 million per year.
- C5 Compliance Platform (from Secure Elements) allows enterprises to audit and manage power management settings for Windows XP and Vista. Used by federal agencies for reporting their Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) security settings , C5 Compliance Platform also helps federal agencies comply with Executive Order 13423, which requires federal agencies to power manage their computers.
- eiPower Saver Solution is an enterprise desktop power management application that monitors the power events of PCs. Administrators can view power events, set, enforce, and fine tune Windows power settings from a central location to save power, and not interfere with PC software administration.
- Faronics Power Save is an enterprise class software product with a single mandate of identifying and shutting down inactive workstations and reporting on the generated energy savings. It runs on both, Windows PCs and Macs. Coeur D’Alene School District (117KB) expects to save as much as $300,000 over the course of three years using Faronics Power Save.
- KBOX Systems Management Appliances (by Kace) allows system managers to create and enforce power management policies across both local and remote environments, and provides visibility into compliance and savings information with customizable reports. Royal Liver (808KB) will save $120,000 annually by using KBOX.
- NightWatchman and SMSWakeUp (from 1E) allow you to shutdown your PC and wake it up for updates at night. Dell cut energy use by 40% using 1E NightWatchman and SMSWakeUp software on its desktop and notebook computers.
- Remote Desktop (from Apple) can centrally control power management features on Macs.
- Surveyor (from Verdiem) allows you to activate manage, measure and reduce your PC-network energy consumption. SURVEYOR provides centralized administration of power management settings for networked PCs with intelligent policies that maximize energy savings by placing machines into a lower power states without interfering with end-user productivity, desktop maintenance or upgrades. City University of New York (228KB) used the tool on nearly 30,000 PCs for a savings of $3 million over a five year period.
- SysTrack Power Management (from Lakeside Software Inc.) provides a simple automated remote deployment to the target desktop systems; dynamic power schedule discovery based on actual use; and system wakeup not reliant on WoL technology. Read about how it was used at a large financial institution .
- Triumfant’s Green IT Power Management solution reduces computer power consumption without impacting computer use or administration. Based on an organization’s energy management policies, Triumfant’s Green IT Power Management solution automatically detects when a PC is out of compliance and automatically adjusts it to the correct power configuration settings. Read their white paper (411KB) on Green IT Power Management.
- vPro is a platform built into Intel systems that supports remote out-of-band management of PCs, irrespective of the operating system's state. As such, it has the capability to "wake up" sleeping computers to deploy updates and applications, or to take remote control of user PCs for maintenance. "vPro has a management component integrated with Microsoft's System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) , making it easier to power up a vPro client PC that is turned off or in sleep mode in order to execute any number of system maintenance tasks."
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